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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion photo by Casey Lewis for Grimy Goods

Win 2 Tickets to Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at Echoplex

Have you heard the new concept album released by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion this past March?  “Freedom Tower” is quite a ride.  It’s a deep dive on a New York that doesn’t exist anymore.  It’s like opening a time capsule. Another question;  Have you seen Jon Spencer Blues Explosion live?

Fuzz at El Rey shot by Taylor Wong

Fuzz Unleash Distorted Heavy Overdrive On El Rey

Words: Justin Thomas Photos: Taylor Wong Last night Ty Segall, and his longhaired trio, Fuzz headlined the sold out El Rey Theatre in West Hollywood with support from Endless Bummer and CCR Headcleaners. Heads were banged, faces were fervidly melted and stoner jams tirelessly ensued.  News Flash: Mr. Ty Segall

Faith No More at The Wiltern

Faith No More Wind Up The Wiltern on Opening Night

Words: Danny Baraz Photos: Dirt Junior If I HAD to list one musical influence that could encapsulate my love of listening to, creating, performing, critiquing and obsessing on music, without hesitation or pause, I would tell you Mike Patton.  Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Tomahawk, and Lovage. His dynamic

Coachella: No Sense of History in your Hate

  Words: Danny Baraz It’s funny how hating Coachella is the cool thing to do now. Every year, almost everyone you know talks trash about the Coachella lineup, patrons and prices and every year the festival sells out two consecutive weekends. Countless articles are written about how the people who

The Replacements at The Palladium- Shot by David Evanko

The Replacements: Alt-Heads, Why the Palladium sucks and Whole Foods Blues

Words: Brent Smith Photos: David Evanko I typically bemoan the fact that kids and grownups are listening to the same music nowadays. Where that’s not annoying is in the case of seeing The Replacements live—that notoriously ‘unpopular’ no-band band. They’re hard to pin down. I mean what do you call

Chet Faker at Club Nokia

Chet Faker, White People and Masturbation at Club Nokia

Words and Photos: Taylor Wong The other night I got the chance to cover a show that I normally wouldn’t attend but I was blessed enough to witness Nicholas James Murphy aka, Chet Faker’s second show of two that were sandwiched between two performances at Coachella. Now i’m not saying I wouldn’t cover it

Live Stream: Alabama Shakes Intimate Performance on Janky Smooth

If you close your eyes and listen to Alabama Shakes you feel as if you have been transported to another era.  It’s the type of music that transcends genre. Frontwoman, Brittany Howard’s voice is effortlessly epic- reminiscent of the tortured textures of the likes of Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin.

DOA photo by Bev Davies

D.O.A Look to Fans for Funding Next Album

Canada’s punk pioneers D.O.A are returning to the music scene to add more hardcore sounds to today’s digital downloads. Hard Rain Falling, which frontman Joe Shithead Keithley says is heavily influenced by the energy of the band’s older albums, has 12 tracks written and ready to record. Now, they’re turning

Cherry Glazerr at First Fridays

A Night at the Museum with Cherry Glazerr and White Fence

Words: Savannah Peykani Photos: Taylor Wong Where can you find dinosaurs going hard in the pit on a Friday night? At the Natural History Museum, of course, as part of their First Fridays program, which last night featured Cherry Glazerr and White Fence. First off, I have to say how

Tom Morello at the Concert For Social Justice

Concert for Social Justice: Can Music Still Change the World?

Words: Lawrence Rengert Photos: Rebecca Sapp Driving into Hollywood is strange; it still feels weird after all these years, creepy and dirty but also a part of my history, my childhood, my home. I’ve lived in New York and New Orleans, Paris and Amsterdam and nothing is as perverse and life

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